Ad on the HN front page? Gauntlet AI?

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Ad on the HN front page? Gauntlet AI?

Hacker News users reported an advertisement for Gauntlet AI appearing on the site's front page, with the post offering to fly users to Austin, train them in AI, and provide a $200,000+ job. Users expressed concern that the post lacked an attributed author and disabled comments, with some calling it a scam and questioning the integrity of the platform.

read1 min publishedJun 12, 2026

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| hide | past | favorite | 4 comments The post with the title: Gauntlet AI will fly you to Austin, train you in AI, give $200k+ job (gauntletai.com) The post doesn’t have any author attributed or comments. Is this something new?

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[–] That's gross. Removing the ability to comment is especially bad. reply xvxvx

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[–] Shows as upvoted by me also though I never touched it. reply tizio13

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[–] Seems like a scam no way I would trust this reply jjgreen

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[–] HN, the end is at hand ... reply

source & further reading

news.ycombinator.com — original article Font plague hits US start ups Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN? Ask HN: Is Claude Fable 5 built from scratch or just better data?

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